Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Bacon, E. R. 1840 -
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)
E. R. BACON, M. D.
During the years which marked the period of Dr. Bacon's professional career
he has met with gratifying success, and while a resident of Lake county he has
won the good will and patronage of many of the best citizens of Lowell and the
surrounding districts. He is a thorough student, and endeavors to keep abreast
of the times in everything relating to the discoveries in medical science.
Progressive in his ideas and favoring modern methods as a whole, he does not,
however, dispense with the time-tried systems whose value has stood the test of
years. He has a large practice, which is indicative of the trust reposed in his
professional skill, and so widely and favorably is he known that no history of
the county would be complete without a record of his life.
Dr. Bacon was born in Orleans county, New York, February 22, 1840. His
father, Benjamin Bacon, was a native of Washington county, New York, and was a
farmer by occupation. He died in the Empire state in his seventy-fifth year. His
wife died when the Doctor was only three years of age, and the boy was reared by
B. G. Merrick. He pursued a common-school education and started out in life for
himself at a very early age. When a young man of twenty-one years he responded
to his country's call for troops, enlisting on the 24th of April, 1861, as a
member of Company G, Second Michigan Volunteer Infantry. He was a private and
with that command served for three months. In 1862 he re-enlisted in the One
Hundredth Illinois Volunteer Regiment and served for three years. In 1864 he was
transferred to the regular army as hospital steward, and thus continued his
connection with the Union troops until the fall of 1865, when he was discharged
on a general war order. His clothing was pierced by five bullets at the battle
of Chickamauga, but he sustained no personal injury. During the years of his
active service he was in many important battles, and never faltered in the
performance of duty or in his allegiance to the old flag and the cause it
represented.
In May, 1866, Dr. Bacon came to Lowell, and here took up the study and
practice of medicine. He had attended lectures at Nashville, Tennessee, during
the war and had begun practice on his arrival in Lowell, at the same time
continuing his reading in order to perfect his knowledge of the healing art. He
is a graduate of the Chicago Medical College of the class of 1873, and has been
in constant practice in Lowell for thirty-five years, during which time he has
enjoyed a large patronage, and is now an extremely busy man. He is widely known
as an industrious and ambitious student, and his professional career has been
marked by continuous advancement. He also has other interests in Lake county,
being one of the directors of the State National Bank, of Lowell. He likewise
owns farm property and real estate in Chicago.
On the 3d of June, 1868, Dr. Bacon was united in marriage to Miss Martha B.
Sanger, a daughter of James H. and Martha (Cleveland) Sanger. Mrs. Bacon.was
born in Lake county and by her marriage has become the mother of two children:
Sylvia L., who is the wife of S. C. Dwyer, an attorney at law of Lowell; and
Grace M., the wife of Dr. A. L. Spindler, a dentist of Chicago Heights.
Dr, Bacon is a member of the Knights of Pythias fraternity, the Masonic
lodge and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is now one of the trustees
of the first named. He has been active and influential in community affairs, was
a school director for eleven years and is now president of the pension board, of
which he has been a member for thirteen years. His first presidential vote was
proudly cast for Abraham Lincoln in i860, and since that time he has supported
each presidential candidate of the Republican party. He belongs to the Methodist
Episcopal church, takes a very active and helpful part in its work and has
served as one of the church trustees for thirteen years. Dr. Bacon has been the
builder of his own character as well as his owr fortune. He started out in life
for himself at an early age, and is a self-educated as well as self-made man. In
his profession he has gained prominence and success and in private life he has
won that warm personal regard which is the evidence of many sterling traits of
character.
Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY
1834—1904
A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.
REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904
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